An Algiers woman and her boyfriend were booked with child desertion this morning after the woman's 3-year-old daughter was found wandering the streets in Algiers today at about 3:00 a.m.

Orleans Parish Sheriff's OfficeTwynea Thomas, left, and Calvin DeJean

Sgt. Arnold Williams, who serves with the NOPD's child abuse division, said both of the adults admitted to police that they left their home at 10 p.m. last night. The woman, 21-year-old Twynea Thomas, went to work, Williams said.

Thomas' boyfriend told police that he walked her to work and then returned to the home, Williams said. When the adults left the home, the 3-year-old girl was asleep, he said.

"Under no circumstances should a child that age or even older be left home alone," Williams said.

Local television stations this morning reported that Thomas said she was at work and her boyfriend, 26-year-old Calvin Dejean, was at home. Her grandmother called her while she was at work to tell her Ta-myah, the daughter, was on television.

Thomas said her daughter knows how to unlock the door, but hasn't gotten out before.

Child desertion is a misdemeanor, which means Thomas and Dejean face a maximum sentence of 6 months in jail and a $500 fine if found guilty.

The child was unharmed when she was found at the intersection of Garden Oaks Drive and Memorial Park Drive this morning.